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Home for the Holidays

Below you will find a link to download this story as a word doc! It is very long and I could see reading it on a website being painful. But, as a teaser, I've included the text of the first chapter below to draw you in! Kindle, PDF, and Mobi files are all free for … Continue reading Home for the Holidays →

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MacAshton Short Fiction 1 Comment August 31, 2021 7 Minutes

Hangin’ Around – 6

Herb Withers watched in horror as Jeremiah raised his hitherto unused pistol. The barrel was pointed right at Herb’s chest, and before there was any chance to react, a deafening thunderclap rocked him backward.

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MacAshton Short Fiction 1 Comment June 11, 2021 10 Minutes

Hangin’ Around – 5

Fall came, quickly followed by winter, and the hangings slowed, so they had plenty of time to practice, and even more for Maggie to be frustrated at the lack of progress.

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MacAshton Short Fiction 3 Comments June 7, 2021 7 Minutes

Hangin’ Around – 4

All Maggie wanted to do was ask Adam about the possession, but a bet was a bet.

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MacAshton Short Fiction 5 Comments June 3, 2021June 7, 2021 6 Minutes

Hangin’ Around – 3

The following month was hot, the sun’s scorching rays beating down on the packed earth and sending waves through the otherwise clear air.

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MacAshton Short Fiction 6 Comments June 1, 2021June 3, 2021 8 Minutes

Hangin’ Around – 2

It took the better part of the afternoon for Adam to stop asking repetitive questions. Otis sat patiently through three hundred ‘why’s and ‘where’s before finally losing his cool and telling the man to suck it up.

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MacAshton Short Fiction 6 Comments May 26, 2021June 1, 2021 7 Minutes

Hangin’ Around – 1

“It’s all in the feet. See? See how much he’s kicking? Can’t conserve a breath like that, no sir.” Maggie looked up at the man swinging from the high branch of Hangman’s Tree. She felt a twinge of sympathy, but mostly anticipation. A pocket watch ticked slowly in her hand.

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MacAshton Short Fiction 6 Comments May 23, 2021August 30, 2021 6 Minutes

Brain Shoots the Hostage

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Let’s have a good laugh at what’s inside my brain, because it’s the only way I know to shut it up.

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MacAshton blog Leave a comment January 9, 2021 6 Minutes

The Stupidest Angel – Review in Brief

What’s a holiday story that doesn’t start with bloodshed, cursing, and a little good-old-fashioned graveyard sex?

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MacAshton Reviews Leave a comment December 21, 2020 2 Minutes

One-Night Only, ‘Intimate’, Holiday Live Stream

Look, we’re all struggling through a strange holiday season, so why not make it a little bit stranger? This Friday at 7:00PM PST on Twitch.tv/mac_ashton, I will be live streaming a readthrough of my holiday story, Home for the Holidays.

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MacAshton blog, Short Fiction Leave a comment December 18, 2020April 5, 2021 1 Minute

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